diff --git a/scripts/reindex-music.ts b/scripts/reindex-music.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ad3ca1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/reindex-music.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bun
+/**
+ * Trigger the music library index on the officer-music sidecar and follow its progress live,
+ * ending with a summary report. Run from the platform repo:  bun scripts/reindex-music.ts
+ *
+ * It reads the sidecar's port from DATA_PATH/music/.server (written by the sidecar on startup) and
+ * consumes its /reindex/stream SSE endpoint — the same stream the app subscribes to.
+ */
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+
+const DATA_PATH = process.env.DATA_PATH ?? join(process.cwd(), 'data');
+const PORT_FILE = join(DATA_PATH, 'music', '.server');
+
+type Progress = {
+  running: boolean;
+  foldersScanned: number;
+  albumsBuilt: number;
+  albumsSkipped: number;
+  tracksIndexed: number;
+  coversSaved: number;
+  currentPath: string;
+};
+type Report = {
+  albums: number;
+  built: number;
+  skipped: number;
+  foldersScanned: number;
+  tracksIndexed: number;
+  coversSaved: number;
+  elapsedSec: number;
+  error: string | null;
+};
+
+function readPort(): number {
+  try {
+    const p = parseInt(readFileSync(PORT_FILE, 'utf8').trim(), 10);
+    if (Number.isInteger(p) && p > 0) return p;
+  } catch {
+    /* fall through */
+  }
+  console.error(`✗ Could not read the sidecar port from ${PORT_FILE}.`);
+  console.error('  Is officer-music running?  pm2 restart officer-music');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const isTTY = Boolean(process.stdout.isTTY);
+const cols = () => (process.stdout.columns && process.stdout.columns > 0 ? process.stdout.columns : 100);
+
+function printProgress(p: Progress): void {
+  const line =
+    `♪ indexing… folders ${p.foldersScanned} · tracks ${p.tracksIndexed} · ` +
+    `built ${p.albumsBuilt} · skipped ${p.albumsSkipped} · covers ${p.coversSaved}` +
+    (p.currentPath ? ` · ${p.currentPath}` : '');
+  if (isTTY) {
+    const clipped = line.length > cols() - 1 ? line.slice(0, cols() - 2) + '…' : line;
+    process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[2K' + clipped);
+  } else {
+    process.stdout.write(line + '\n');
+  }
+}
+
+function printReport(r: Report): void {
+  if (isTTY) process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[2K');
+  const l = (k: string, v: string | number) => console.log(`  ${k.padEnd(9)} ${v}`);
+  console.log('\n─── Music index complete ───');
+  l('Albums:', `${r.albums}  (${r.built} built, ${r.skipped} unchanged)`);
+  l('Tracks:', `${r.tracksIndexed} indexed`);
+  l('Covers:', `${r.coversSaved} compressed`);
+  l('Folders:', `${r.foldersScanned} scanned`);
+  l('Elapsed:', `${r.elapsedSec}s`);
+  if (r.error) l('Error:', r.error);
+  console.log('────────────────────────────\n');
+}
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  const port = readPort();
+  const url = `http://127.0.0.1:${port}/reindex/stream`;
+  console.log(`Triggering music index via ${url}\n`);
+
+  let res: Response;
+  try {
+    res = await fetch(url);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`✗ Could not reach the sidecar at 127.0.0.1:${port}: ${String(err)}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (!res.ok || !res.body) {
+    console.error(`✗ Sidecar returned ${res.status}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const reader = res.body.getReader();
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+  let buf = '';
+
+  while (true) {
+    const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+    if (done) break;
+    buf += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true });
+    let sep: number;
+    while ((sep = buf.indexOf('\n\n')) >= 0) {
+      const frame = buf.slice(0, sep);
+      buf = buf.slice(sep + 2);
+      let event = 'message';
+      let data = '';
+      for (const line of frame.split('\n')) {
+        if (line.startsWith('event:')) event = line.slice(6).trim();
+        else if (line.startsWith('data:')) data += line.slice(5).trim();
+      }
+      if (!data) continue;
+      if (event === 'progress') printProgress(JSON.parse(data) as Progress);
+      else if (event === 'done') printReport(JSON.parse(data) as Report);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/src/servers/sidecar/music/index.ts b/src/servers/sidecar/music/index.ts
index f29bbb4d..969ddb9f 100644
--- a/src/servers/sidecar/music/index.ts
+++ b/src/servers/sidecar/music/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import type { SidecarCommand, SidecarEvent } from '../protocol';
 import { createSidecarConnector } from '../connect';
 import { streamAudioFile } from './stream-audio';
@@ -8,8 +10,12 @@ import {
   albumVersion,
   metaFilePath,
   coverFilePath,
+  onIndexProgress,
+  buildReport,
 } from './indexer';
 
+const DATA_PATH = process.env.DATA_PATH ?? join(process.cwd(), 'data');
+
 // The music sidecar (officer-music). Same philosophy as the other officer-* sidecars: a singleton
 // process that registers with the API server. It OWNS an audio-streaming HTTP server (all path
 // resolution + streaming + ffprobe duration happens here); the platform API is just a thin proxy that
@@ -56,6 +62,54 @@ const server = Bun.serve({
     }
     if (url.pathname === '/reindex/status') return json(getIndexStatus());
 
+    // SSE progress stream (for the app + the CLI). Triggers a build if idle (unless ?trigger=0), then
+    // streams `progress` events until the build finishes, ending with a `done` event carrying the report.
+    if (url.pathname === '/reindex/stream') {
+      const trigger = url.searchParams.get('trigger') !== '0';
+      if (trigger && !getIndexStatus().running) void buildMusicIndex();
+
+      const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+      const stream = new ReadableStream({
+        start(controller) {
+          let closed = false;
+          let unsub = () => {};
+          const send = (event: string, data: unknown) => {
+            if (closed) return;
+            try {
+              controller.enqueue(encoder.encode(`event: ${event}\ndata: ${JSON.stringify(data)}\n\n`));
+            } catch {
+              /* stream closed */
+            }
+          };
+          const finish = (s: ReturnType<typeof getIndexStatus>) => {
+            send('done', buildReport(s));
+            unsub();
+            closed = true;
+            try {
+              controller.close();
+            } catch {
+              /* already closed */
+            }
+          };
+
+          send('progress', getIndexStatus());
+          const cur = getIndexStatus();
+          if (!cur.running) {
+            finish(cur); // nothing running → emit the last report and close
+            return;
+          }
+          unsub = onIndexProgress((s) => {
+            send('progress', s);
+            if (!s.running && s.finishedAt) finish(s);
+          });
+        },
+      });
+
+      return new Response(stream, {
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream', 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache', Connection: 'keep-alive' },
+      });
+    }
+
     // ── Sync surface ──
     if (url.pathname === '/manifest') return json(await getManifest());
 
@@ -83,6 +137,14 @@ const server = Bun.serve({
 
 console.log(`[music] audio server listening on http://127.0.0.1:${port}`);
 
+// Write the port to a well-known file so local tooling (scripts/reindex-music.ts) can find the server.
+try {
+  mkdirSync(join(DATA_PATH, 'music'), { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(join(DATA_PATH, 'music', '.server'), String(port));
+} catch {
+  /* best-effort */
+}
+
 // ── Command handlers ──
 
 type ReplyFn = (msg: SidecarEvent) => void;
diff --git a/src/servers/sidecar/music/indexer.ts b/src/servers/sidecar/music/indexer.ts
index 9362b519..ec437a8a 100644
--- a/src/servers/sidecar/music/indexer.ts
+++ b/src/servers/sidecar/music/indexer.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,57 @@ export function getIndexStatus(): IndexStatus {
   return { ...status };
 }
 
+export type IndexReport = {
+  albums: number; // albums with content (built + skipped)
+  built: number;
+  skipped: number;
+  foldersScanned: number;
+  tracksIndexed: number;
+  coversSaved: number;
+  elapsedSec: number;
+  error: string | null;
+};
+
+export function buildReport(s: IndexStatus = status): IndexReport {
+  const elapsed = s.startedAt && s.finishedAt ? (s.finishedAt - s.startedAt) / 1000 : 0;
+  return {
+    albums: s.albumsBuilt + s.albumsSkipped,
+    built: s.albumsBuilt,
+    skipped: s.albumsSkipped,
+    foldersScanned: s.foldersScanned,
+    tracksIndexed: s.tracksIndexed,
+    coversSaved: s.coversSaved,
+    elapsedSec: Math.round(elapsed * 10) / 10,
+    error: s.error,
+  };
+}
+
+// ── Progress subscribers (for SSE) ──
+
+type ProgressListener = (s: IndexStatus) => void;
+const listeners = new Set<ProgressListener>();
+let lastEmit = 0;
+
+export function onIndexProgress(cb: ProgressListener): () => void {
+  listeners.add(cb);
+  return () => listeners.delete(cb);
+}
+
+/** Notify subscribers of progress; throttled to ~200ms unless `force` (e.g. terminal 'done'). */
+function emitProgress(force = false): void {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  if (!force && now - lastEmit < 200) return;
+  lastEmit = now;
+  const snap = getIndexStatus();
+  for (const cb of listeners) {
+    try {
+      cb(snap);
+    } catch {
+      /* ignore listener errors */
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 // ── Helpers ──
 
 function isAudio(name: string): boolean {
@@ -226,6 +277,7 @@ export async function buildMusicIndex(): Promise<IndexStatus> {
     status.running = false;
     status.finishedAt = Date.now();
     status.currentPath = '';
+    emitProgress(true); // final push — signals 'done' to SSE subscribers
   }
   return getIndexStatus();
 }
@@ -233,6 +285,7 @@ export async function buildMusicIndex(): Promise<IndexStatus> {
 async function walk(dirAbs: string, prev: Manifest, next: Manifest): Promise<void> {
   status.currentPath = relative(MUSIC_ROOT, dirAbs) || '.';
   status.foldersScanned += 1;
+  emitProgress();
 
   let entries: import('node:fs').Dirent[];
   try {
@@ -276,6 +329,7 @@ async function walk(dirAbs: string, prev: Manifest, next: Manifest): Promise<voi
         const tracks = await mapPool(audio, TRACK_CONCURRENCY, async (name) => {
           const t = await ffprobeTrack(join(dirAbs, name), name);
           status.tracksIndexed += 1;
+          emitProgress();
           return t;
         });
         const meta: IndexMeta = { path: rel, cover: coverName ? 'cover.jpg' : undefined, tracks };